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• Top 10 over 40 – January 22nd, 2015

  I have compiled a list of ten of the craftiest veterans the sport of boxing has known, those who have found success at the age of forty and beyond…
  
  

• Why the Sweet Science Remains Sour – December 17th, 2014

  With few exceptions, the bulk of fighters are weak, insular men adept at controlling their destinies inside the ropes, but seldom outside them…
  
  

• The George Foreman Addiction – December 6th, 2014

  You’re growling on the living room floor. You don’t growl during football and basketball games. Why now? You’re not the only animal…
  
  

• Don King: Only in America – December 4th, 2014

  When HBO first broadcast Don King: Only in America in 1997, Don King was not pleased. A serio-comic dramatization of the life of the wild-haired promoter based on the book of the same name by thorn-in-the-side Jack Newfield, the film starred Ving Rhames as King, Vondie Curtis-Hall as Lloyd Price,…
  
  

• Outside the Ring: Kevin Iole – December 4th, 2014

  “When I was in ninth grade, I put on a form that I wanted to be a sports writer and a guidance counselor tried to talk me out of it…”
  
  

• Jim Jeffries: How to Train, How to Hit – November 27th, 2014

  You can almost feel a link to the era of Roman gladiators when you read Big Jeff’s comments on his training methods and technique…
  
  

• Hamburg Heaven: Klitschko Pulverizes Pulev – November 15th, 2014

  While Floyd Mayweather is the universally recognized pound-for-pound king, Klitschko has dominated his division like no other fighter in this era…
  
  

• Showdown in Hamburg: Klitschko vs. Pulev – November 14th, 2014

  Wladimir Klitschko may be too good for his own good, but considering the alternatives, that ain’t bad…
  
  

• Larry Holmes vs. Alfredo Evangelista – November 9th, 2014

  On November 10, 1978 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, from Easton, Pennsylvania, defended his newly won title for the first time against Alfredo Evangelista, from Montevideo, Uruguay. Holmes won the title five months earlier over Ken Norton by disputed split…
  
  

• El Dorado: Stiverne vs. Wilder – October 25th, 2014

  Don King may have options, but Bermane Stiverne’s options are limited. He gets just one defense of his heavyweight crown…
  
  

• The 100 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time Part Ten: 10-1 – October 23rd, 2014

  For boxing people, the great heavyweights, specifically the ones they patronize most of all, help define who they are as boxing people...
  
  

• Larry Hazzard and the State of New Jersey – October 12th, 2014

  The recently reinstated Boxing Commissioner of the State of New Jersey keeps on the sunny side. He’s as optimistic as optimism itself…
  
  

• Larry “The Greatest” Holmes – October 6th, 2014

  Boxing has a proud lineage that deserves respect and admiration. But history often elevates prowess. And history often blurs clear sight…
  
  

• Sonny, George and the Indelible Ali Stain – October 3rd, 2014

  What must it be like when everyone tells you you’re unbeatable? Sonny and George heard that praise so many times that they came to believe it…
  
  

• Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks – September 21st, 2014

  On September 21, 1985 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Larry Holmes, aka the Easton Assassin, defended his IBF heavyweight title against light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks. It was the 27-0 Spinks' first fight at heavyweight. Holmes was 48-0 and on the cusp of tying Rocky Marciano's…
  
  

• Gene Tunney: The King of Cool – September 16th, 2014

  Quite simply, Gene Tunney just didn't fit most people’s perception of a fighting man, and for the usual trite and unfair reasons…
  
  

• See You in September – September 9th, 2014

  Will Floyd Mayweather retire with the satisfaction of having merely tied Rocky Marciano? It’s hard to imagine…
  
  

• The 100 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time Part Seven: 40-31 – August 20th, 2014

  We’re starting to meet with great heavyweights now. But for me, we won’t encounter any true giants among giants until part nine...
  
  

• The Professional Potential of the Cubans – August 7th, 2014

  Teofilo Stevenson would have likely just missed the greatest heavyweight era of all time with his prime emerging in the years from 1978-1982…
  
  

• The 100 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time Part Five: 60-51 – July 16th, 2014

  The men who beat a giant in his pomp are always, without exception, due recognition for their achievements...
  
  

• The 100 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time Part Three: 80-71 – July 2nd, 2014

  You see it in other weight divisions but you see it most of all up at heavyweight. One single punch can change the fortunes of a fighter forever...
  
  

• Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney – June 11th, 2014

  On June 11, 1982 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, longtime WBC heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, from Easton, Pennsylvania by way of Cuthbert, Georgia, defended his title against "Gentleman" Gerry Cooney. Both fighters were undefeated at the time. Holmes was 36-0. Cooney was 25-0. And the fight,…
  
  

• Return of the King – May 18th, 2014

  Mike has mental issues that my counsel could likely resolve, and I’m ready to help, and even promote his new career as a thespian, if he wishes…
  
  

• Larry Holmes vs. Trevor Berbick – April 11th, 2014

  On April 11, 1981 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, from Easton, Pennsylvania by way of Cuthbert, Georgia, defended his title against Trevor Berbick, from Port Antonio, Jamaica. Holmes was undefeated at 36-0 coming in. Berbick was 18-1. The fight was scheduled…
  
  

• When Harry Met Ali (Documentary) – February 24th, 2014

  There are no shortage of documentaries on Muhammad Ali. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are better than most. The documentary "When Harry Met Ali" is better than most and is narrated by British boxing writer Harry Carpenter, who followed Ali from his earliest days to the end of his remarkable…
  
  

• Ibar “The Sailor” Arrington – February 4th, 2014

  The 1970s were the Golden Age of Heavyweights, and “The Sailor” did his part to fill many a memory bank…
  
  

• Final Days of Teofilo Stevenson – January 20th, 2014

  In 1999 the Cuban slugger certifiably head-butted and broke some teeth of an airline ticket employee in Miami…
  
  

• Lennox’s Retirement Biggest Victory – December 27th, 2013

  
  
  

• Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer (PBS) – December 9th, 2013

  Produced by PBS in 1992, this documentary explores the darker side of our admittedly dark sport. It follows the career of a young Shannon Briggs and includes interviews with Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes, Teddy Atlas, Dan Duva, Kathy Duva, Lou Duva, Bobby Czyz, Bob Arum, and Mike Marley. Even Muhammad…
  
  

• Generational Bias and Marciano – December 4th, 2013

  Rocky fought at a disciplined 183-188 for the most part which places him in the middle of the cruiserweight limit…
  
  

• Wladimir Klitschko: The Case for the Defense – December 1st, 2013

  I rank Wladimir as a great heavyweight, one of fifteen that have ever lived, but I think Dempsey might have beaten him with that elusive, rhythm-breaking style...
  
  

• Mike Tyson Uncaged (1986) – November 29th, 2013

  The documentary "Mike Tyson Uncaged" dates from 1986, the year he became the youngest man in boxing history, at age 20, to win the heavyweight crown. No one knew at the time what was to come; it looked like he might he remain champion forever. But as unknown as his topsy-turvy future would turn out to…
  
  

• Boxing’s Five Greatest Moments: 1970-1979 – November 26th, 2013

  It was an ending only Muhammad Ali could have given us and the greatest jewel in the shining crown of the greatest heavyweight of all time...
  
  

• My Top Pound-for-Pound Fighters (Since 1945): Numbers 21-25 – November 22nd, 2013

  The "Explosive Thin Man" used his height and reach to leverage the tremendous one-punch power he possessed in his right hand…
  
  

• Andre Ward: All Terrain Fighter – November 20th, 2013

  Ward may have fared better against the rougher, older generation. I can picture him tangling with the likes of Gene Fullmer, Jake LaMotta and Dick Tiger...
  
  

• Best Heavyweight Jab? – November 20th, 2013

  
  
  

• A Legacy vs. 91 Seconds – November 19th, 2013

  
  
  

• My Top Pound-for-Pound Fighters (Since 1945): Numbers 16-20 – November 16th, 2013

  Having fought for an amazing 27 years, Archie Moore knocked out more opponents than anyone else in the history of boxing…
  
  

• Larry Holmes vs. Bonecrusher Smith – November 9th, 2013

  On November 9, 1984 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, IBF heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, from Easton, Pennsylvania by way of Cuthbert, Georgia, defended his title against James "Bonecrusher" Smith, from Magnolia, North Carolina. The Easton Assassin was undefeated at 42-0. Bonecrusher…
  
  

• One Punch from the Promised Land – October 19th, 2013

  Even Spinks’ mother told him, “You're crazy, Leon. You'll get wiped out.” The authors add, “Nobody disagreed. Not even Leon…”
  
  

• Who’s More Like Muhammad Ali: Mayweather or Pacquiao? – October 16th, 2013

  If Pacquiao were to win, as in the case of the-larger-than-life Ali, public opinion would wreath him with a garland of unparalleled superlatives and veneration…
  
  

• When a Lion Roared – October 10th, 2013

  Lennox Lewis was now the undisputed champion of the world and no belts in trashcans or mental disintegrations could impugn his ascension...
  
  

• “Only God Hits Harder”: A Life of Earnie Shavers – September 28th, 2013

  “Joe Frazier wouldn't fight me. George Foreman and Frazier both told me so, they said, ‘Hey, you hit too damn hard…’”
  
  

• Ken Norton vs. Larry Holmes – September 18th, 2013

  Complaining about the current state of the heavyweight division is like beating a dead horse. It may be satisfying on some level, but that old gray mare ain't what she used to be. Larry Holmes fought Ken Norton at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the WBC heavyweight title on June 9, 1978. Holmes had beaten…
  
  

• “On Experts” / Canelo TKO’d – August 30th, 2013

  What you’re looking for, pertaining to this boxing expert business, is somebody with a “track record” of taking a stand and picking a winner…
  
  

• "Champions Forever": Ali-Frazier-Foreman-Norton-Holmes – August 20th, 2013

  This 1989 documentary takes a good hard look at the last Golden Age of Heavyweights. It was an era when even the second and third tier heavyweights might be champions today, and this film focuses on the crème de la crème of boxing’s marquee division: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken…
  
  

• Beating a Dead Horse – August 19th, 2013

  Context is everything. The High Church of Boxing follows its own commandments, which includes the good, the bad, and the irredeemably ugly…
  
  

• The Ill-Advised Comeback – August 7th, 2013

  The message here is crystal clear and harsh; most comebacks end up being an exercise in embarrassment and even ignominy. Most are ill-advised…
  
  

• “Terrible” Times: A Life of Tim Witherspoon – July 23rd, 2013

  "King’s objective was to make Tyson the youngest champion of the world. He didn't care about me, Bonecrusher, or Tubbs; we were just in his way..."
  
  

• Putting Butter on the Grits – July 23rd, 2013

  Avoid attempting to impress with feigned swagger. Fans see through the pretentious stuff faster than you can say “Adrien.” You either have it or you don’t...